S0C vs S4A

Saskatchewan

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for S0C and S4A, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	S0C	S4A	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$84,000	$97,000	$84,000	S0C is 13% lower than S4A
Median after-tax income	$73,500	$83,000	$73,000	S0C is 11% lower than S4A
Median age	41.6	39.2	41.6	S0C is 6% higher than S4A
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.5%	10.3%	S0C is 25% lower than S4A
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.5%	8.1%	11.1%	S0C is 54% higher than S4A
Average household size	2.4	2.4	2.4	S0C is about the same as S4A

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S0C	S4A
Population	21,738	11,958
Private dwellings	11,121	5,770
Land area	19,919 km²	790 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	S0C	S4A
Grocery store	1 km walk	23%	73%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	33%	85%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	15%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	17%	88%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	17%	87%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	39%	87%
Library	1.5 km walk	6%	30%
Health care	3 km drive	39%	91%
Employment	10 km drive	57%	94%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	S0C	S4A
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	S0C	S4A
Nearest AQHI station	Estevan · 33 km	Estevan · 0.9 km
Current reading	1.73 — Low risk	1.73 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	284	17
Reported releases to air	40,088 t	47,999 t

S0C: Measured at Estevan, 33 km from S0C. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
S4A: Measured at Estevan, 0.9 km from S4A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

S0C in full · S4A in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.